Photos of Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and elsewhere in SE Asia between in the early and mid 1900s by a Taiwanese collector

thinkchina.sg/history/photo-st…

#Photography #TootSea #Singapore #Philippines #Indonesia

[Photo story] A Taiwanese collector's treasured photos of old Southeast Asia and Singapore

Historical photo collector Hsu Chung-mao showcases photographs of Singapore at the cusp of great change, from a more rural environment with many kelongs and farms to a bustling trade, finance and tourism hub.

^{Hsu Chung-mao (Think China)}

I was just thinking 'it's been a while since I've felt homesick for Singapore' and then I saw this list of food within 5 min from my house and I am now hungry

sethlui.com/clementi-448-marke…

#TootSea #Singapore #Food

One of my favorite Singapore food writers / recipe developers lives in the Netherlands now.

“Having grown up in perpetual summer, living in the Netherlands with the cold as a constant companion often makes me hanker for foods that I’d never craved for in Singapore.”

That’s what I feel too: the perpetual summer.

The newsletter name is a joke because there are no Singapore noodles in Singapore:

sgpnoodles.substack.com/p/bak-…

#Food #Singapore

Bak zhang

making braised pork and glutinous rice dumplings out of season

^{Pamelia Chia (Singapore Noodles)}

I found this article irritating. Singaporean small country insecurity and exceptionalism is still deeply Western-centric. It’s all look at us, we are better / different

LinkedIn types are celebrating it and saying ‘Singapore is better because we don’t have culture wars/ identity politics’

Well that’s different from ‘not being allowed to have identity politics’, or ‘identities’, but I find it nauseating that dominant group people think this is great

archive.ph/2024.05.19-021846/f…

#Singapore

Cafe Monochrome, with a 2D illustration style that looks great & surprising when stepping in. The whole cafe is covered in white with black lines made to look like a sketch. 3D objects such as furniture & lamps are also flattened. Edges of objects are covered with lines that makes them blend into the illusion.
Pretty cool experience.

#cafe #monochrome #2d #singapore

finally wrote up my singapore food list because i am tired of repeating myself for everyone hehe

popagandhi.com/food/my-singapo…

#Singapore #TootSea #Food

If you want to hear the latest generation of Singaporean English, I just watched a video titled We Are 11-Year-Old Latin Dance Partners, Not Boyfriend-Girlfriend! and it was ridiculously charming. youtube.com/watch?v=cEGHRRwf5X…

#Singapore #TootSEA

We Are 11-Year-Old Latin Dance Partners, Not Boyfriend-Girlfriend! Tiny & Talented | On The Red Dot

You might think Latin dance is a physical and intimate art form reserved for romantic couples. But there is an entire vibrant competitive Latin dance scene j...

^YouTube

Melissa De Silva has a cool video on CNA tracing her Kristang (Portuguese / Malaccan Eurasian) roots through food.

‘Eurasian’ in a Malaysian and Singaporean context is approximately similar to the idea of say, ‘Anglo-Indian’: not just a recent generational mix but centuries of it, with their own distinct cultures and languages and food

youtu.be/hd7d12jPpsk

#Food #TootSea #Singapore #Malaysia

Curry Devil: Tracing My Eurasian Heritage Across Asia With Our Most Iconic Dish | My Debal Diaries

Singaporean author Melissa De Silva goes to Malacca and Goa, where her ancestors hail from, to discover more about the roots of Eurasian culture and identity...

^YouTube

#Singapore will repeal a colonial era law that criminalised homosexual relationships..

theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

Singapore to repeal law that criminalises sex between men

Scrapping of colonial-era section 377A law hailed as ‘a win for humanity’ by LGBTQ+ rights groups

^{Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)}